Proposed Collection of Information for Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation

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The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), is proposing a new data collection activity for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation. The proposed evaluation will explore whether the program is being implemented as intended, describe the successes and barriers encountered, and highlight changes needed to support program implementation.

Key Takeaways:

  • The HTYPE Demonstration Grant Program aims to support local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide skills-based human trafficking prevention education for educators, staff, and students, and to establish a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol (HTSSP).
  • Eight HTYPE Demonstration Program project grants were awarded in September 2020, with a period of performance of 36 months.
  • The proposed information collection involves one-time semi-structured interviews, focus groups, web surveys, and data collection from LEA staff, school administrators, and school staff tasked with implementing the HTYPE curriculum.
  • The proposed collection of information will have a total annual burden of 745 hours, with 192 respondents participating in the HTYPE Training Implementation Interview/Focus Group Guide, 24 respondents participating in the HTYPE HTSSP Walk-Through Guide, 321 respondents participating in the HTYPE School Administrator Survey, and 1437 respondents participating in the HTYPE Implementer Survey.
  • The Department specifically requests comments on the necessity of the proposed collection of information, the accuracy of the estimated burden, the quality and utility of the information to be collected, and ways to minimize the burden on respondents.
  • The public comment period is 60 days from the publication date, and comments should be sent to OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.

Statistics:

  • Total annual burden hours: 745
  • Number of respondents for HTYPE Training Implementation Interview/Focus Group Guide: 192
  • Number of respondents for HTYPE HTSSP Walk-Through Guide: 24
  • Number of respondents for HTYPE School Administrator Survey: 321
  • Number of respondents for HTYPE Implementer Survey: 1437
  • Total number of respondents: 1964

Sources:

  • DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Proposed Information Collection Activity; Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation
  • 22 U.S.C. 7103
  • Section 105(d)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-386)